Seven years

Chapter 12

The next morning, Li Yanzhen was woken up by her cousin's call. When she was holding the phone, her eyes were still closed, and she only vaguely heard Ren Jingye shouting angrily on the other end of the phone: " Sister, do you think our company has any humanity? It actually told us to work overtime today. My poor weekend! It’s just gone! I originally planned to have a meal with a friend today and meet a handsome guy or something, but now it’s over. It's all gone! It's all evil capitalism, so I don't even have a date now... Sister, are you listening?"

"Well...listen." Although he said so, he didn't listen at all.

Ren Jing's voice softened, and she said coquettishly: "My good sister, you have pity on me, come and pick me up from get off work, okay?"

"Okay... I'll sleep first..." Regardless of the yelling of the other party after realizing that he just spoke to the air just now, Yan Zhen ended the call, dropped the phone to the pillow, and was about to fall asleep again.Within a few seconds, she suddenly thought of something, woke up instantly, got out of bed and went to the cloakroom, thinking about what to wear later.

It’s early autumn, and when I woke up this morning and opened the curtains, I saw that the sky was dark, as if it was going to rain, so Li Yanzhen wore a black floral suspender dress inside, and a watermelon red knitted dress on the outside. cardigan.An hour before Jing'er got off work, she drove to Xiang SV, arrived there 10 minutes early, sat by the coin-operated coffee machine, drank coffee and waited.

After Mu Shuting finished her lunch, she didn't see Mu Xue getting up, so she wiped the water on her apron, went to the bedroom and asked her to get up to eat, "Mu Xue, I've been sleeping for so long, it's already twelve o'clock, get up and eat something thing."

Mu Xue turned sideways and didn't move. Mu Shuting guessed that she was still awake, so she went around the edge of the bed and walked to the window to face her. Seeing her eyes closed and her cheeks flushed, she gently pushed her and called out. Said: "Don't sleep!"

Mu Xue frowned, opened her eyes slightly, opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse, "I'll sleep a little longer, you can eat first."

"Is there something wrong with you?" Mu Shuting became nervous now, and touched her daughter's forehead with the back of her hand, and then touched her reddish face. She was startled, and her voice increased by one decibel, " Oh my god! Mu Xue, you have a fever!"

"I'm fine." Mu Xue turned over uncomfortably.

"I'm going to get the thermometer."

Mu Shuting quickly found a thermometer and pressed it on Mu Xue's forehead, "Oh my god, you're already at 39.5°, I'll take you to the hospital!"

Mu Shuting pulled her daughter from side to side and helped her out of bed, Mu Xue said with difficulty: "I... don't go to... the hospital..."

"How will your fever go away if you don't go to the hospital?" Just after she finished speaking, Mu Xue's body softened and fell on top of her. Mu Shuting was frightened and shouted repeatedly: "Mu Xue! Mu Xue!"

When Mu Xue woke up, she found that she was already on the bed. In fact, she had not been in a coma for a long time. She tilted her head and saw her mother sitting by the bed guarding her, holding a wet towel in her hand.Mu Xue wanted to speak, but her mouth was bitter and her throat was sore, but Mu Shuting opened her mouth first: "Are you awake? Do you know that I was scared to death just now! I called Bing Huan, he is coming On the way, it should be here soon."

After hearing this, Mu Xue forced herself to sit up, but Mu Shuting stopped her, and Mu Xue said embarrassingly, "Mom, why did you call him here?"

"Seeing you fainted, I panicked, so I called him." Mu Shuting said as a matter of course, for so many years, Li Binghuan took care of everything that happened, so there is nothing wrong with calling him this time. OK.

"Mom, you don't know..." Mu Xue paused, and simply confessed the truth, "Just yesterday, I rejected his marriage proposal, how do you tell me to face him later?"

"What?!" I thought Mu Xue was just talking about it, but I didn't expect to do it. I just rejected him in person yesterday, and I asked him for help today. I can't justify it, "Then I told him not to come. How about... Shall I call Xiao Gu?"

Mu Xue had even more headaches, "No, don't look for someone else, I'm really fine."

While talking, there was a knock on the door. It seemed that Li Binghuan had arrived. Mu Xue said to her mother, "Mom, go and open the door. Don't mention a word about his proposal to me, just pretend you don't know."

"Okay, lie down and I'll open the door."

The door opened, and besides Li Binghuan, there was a middle-aged man standing behind him. Mu Shuting knew this man. He was Li Binghuan's personal doctor. Two years ago, when Mu Xue was sick and refused to go to the hospital, he was invited to see him. of.

"Auntie, how is Mu Xue?" Li Binghuan asked worriedly as usual, as if nothing happened yesterday.

Mu Shuting led them into the bedroom and said, "It's still burning on the bed."

At this time, Mu Xue's eyes were closed again, Li Binghuan strode to the bedside, and gently called her name: "Mu Xue."

After calling a few times, Mu Xue opened her eyes and said in a daze, "Binghuan, why are you here?"

"Thank God you finally woke up. Auntie called me just now to tell me that you fainted at home, so I rushed over." He reached out to touch her forehead, and it was really hot. He turned to his personal doctor Pete and said , "Come and see."

Pete put down the medicine box, took out a tongue depressor, looked at the tonsils, took his temperature again, it was 39°, asked Mu Xue a few simple questions, and then he said to Li Binghuan: "The temperature is a bit high, The rest is fine except for a little inflammation of the tonsils, just take some antipyretics and a drip."

Hearing what he said, Li Binghuan and Mu Shuting felt relieved.Pete turned to ask Mu Xue again and said, "Has Miss Mu Xue received any stimulation or felt a lot of pressure recently? Sometimes these problems may also cause physical discomfort. You don't have to worry. Keep a good attitude and you will be fine. Remember more Drink of water."

"Okay, thank you doctor." Mu Xue said, enduring her sore throat.

Pete let Mu Xue take the pills, put her on a drip, and left.After Mu Shuting sent Pete away, she saw Li Binghuan standing beside Mu Xue's bed, so she said wittily, "I'm going to boil some water."

"Mu Xue," Li Binghuan looked at the sickly person in front of his eyes, "I'm sick this time, is it because of me, did I put too much pressure on you?"

Mu Xue shook her head, "Don't say that, I feel even more guilty. It's probably because I didn't wear enough clothes last night and caught a cold. I'm really sorry to call you here because of such a minor illness."

"I will be sad if you say such outrageous things to me." Li Binghuan said seriously, "Don't worry about what happened yesterday. It's really nothing. I thought about it carefully. I was too anxious. These two days You just rest at home and don't go to work."

"No, there are still many things waiting for me to deal with in the company." Mu Xue hung the needle with one hand, and propped herself up with the other hand. Li Binghuan helped her put up the pillow, with a reproachful tone of unchanging love, "Why don't you lie down when you're sick?"

Mu Xue shook her head, "I'm really fine. Every time I get sick, you are more anxious than my mother. I'm your employee. If I ask for leave again and again, won't you be in a loss-making business?"

"Don't worry, I'm not a person who doesn't distinguish between public and private." Li Binghuan finally smiled, "Because you are my employee, I have to be more responsible to my employees. Work for me?"

Mu Xue was at a loss for words for a moment, but she couldn't think of any rebuttals. She changed the subject and said, "Didn't I just take over the company's entry into the high-end custom women's clothing market? I've already drawn up a plan, and I'm waiting for it to be approved. I heard this Did your father personally come forward for the second review?"

Li Binghuan nodded, "Yes, but no matter who audits, I believe you will be able to pass."

Mu Xue pursed her lips, "You're so sure because you didn't even read it?"

"Do you still need to read it? When did you hand in the best work?" Li Binghuan said and tucked the corner of the quilt for her, "Okay, don't worry, your throat will hurt after talking too much, so take a good rest. "

When Ren Jingyi got off work a few minutes earlier than the phone call, she jumped up and down to her cousin. Li Yanzhen scratched her nose and said, "You, after all, you have graduated from college. Like a little girl?"

Ren Jingye took her cousin's hand and shook it back and forth, "She is a little girl after all!"

Li Yanzhen shook her head, but smiled.

"Okay, okay, let's go eat, I'm going to starve to death!" Ren Jingyi pulled Li Yanzhen to leave, Yanzhen took two steps and looked back.

"Sister, who are you waiting for?" Ren Jingyi stopped and asked, her eyes lit up suddenly, and her tone turned a few times, "Oh, I see, I just said it, and you still don't admit it? You wait what."

"What are you going to do?" While talking, seeing Gu Yan approaching, Ren Jing waved to Gu Yan with joy, "Mr. Gu!"

Gu Yan naturally saw the two of them, so he asked Ren Jingye, "Xiao Ren, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, are you going to eat? Anyway, we all know each other, why don't we eat together?" Ren Jingye asked and answered by herself, pushing and shoving Gu Yan, without waiting for his answer.

Gu Yan smiled, and naturally kept a certain distance from Ren Jingye, he said, "Well, I'll treat you."

"Great!" Ren Jingye heard the most satisfactory answer, pulled Li Yanzhen and stuck out her tongue at her, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Ren Jingyi chose a Thai restaurant and ordered a lot of them, "I want this, this, this, and this..."

"Can you eat so much after ordering?" Li Yanzhen said as she went to get the menu in her hand.

Ren Jingyi waved her hand away, "It's not about spending your money, people don't feel sorry for you, why do you feel sorry for you?" She looked at Gu Yan deliberately, and then turned her eyes back, "Why don't you eat for nothing? !"

"You little greedy cat! Well, don't order it, what a waste if you can't finish it!" Li Yanzhen said, she originally wanted to eat casually, but was forced into a Thai restaurant that was not cheap by this cousin. It was obvious that he wanted to kill Gu Yan severely.

Gu Yan's expression was calm, he just smiled, "You're welcome, just order whatever you want."

"That's it!" Ren Jing was happy, and she said to Yan Zhen, "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. Besides, don't look at Mr. Gu as just a low-key assistant in your company. He has made a lot of money playing games in the past few years." less!"

"It's not much, but there is still something to treat you to a meal." Gu Yan said and looked at Jing Wei, "And Xiao Ren has worked overtime and worked hard during this period, so you eat openly, don't take it to heart."

Yan Zhen smiled and said: "Then we will not be polite."

After waiting for a while, the dishes were served. Ren Jingyi had a cheerful personality and talked a lot, so the atmosphere was always good.She talked about the mountains while eating, chatted for a while, and asked: "Um...Mr. Gu, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Ahem..." I didn't expect Jingye to be so sincere, she didn't know how to ask a question, and asked such a sensitive question directly, Li Yanzhen glanced at her, alas, my silly sister.

Ren Jingyi returned her look, am I helping you, okay?
Li Yanzhen looked at Gu Yan uneasily, and saw that he couldn't help but took a sip of soup, wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and said, "No."

"So what they said is true?" Ren Jingyi thought of the conversation she had with her cousin last time, and couldn't help but slipped her tongue.

Gu Yan laughed, "What's true? What have you heard?"

"No, no...hehe..." Jing Wei smiled and waved her hands awkwardly, she was no longer reckless now, and asked in a tentative tone: "You are so good, you shouldn't have a girlfriend."

"According to what you say, there aren't that many people who are single." Gu Yan chuckled lightly.

"...That's true." Ren Jingye agreed, resting her head on her hands, and she continued to ask without restraint: "Then...do you have someone you like?"

Li Yan really "thanks" her, she looked at Gu Yan, she wanted to hear what he had to say, but was afraid of hearing the answer she didn't want to hear.

Gu Yan thought for a few seconds and said, "I also had youth, and of course I had someone I liked."

"What kind of girl is she?" Ren Jingyi felt sorry for herself if she didn't become a paparazzi.

Gu Yan's eyes fell on the dishes on the table, as if he had fallen into a deep memory, the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc, and his eyes softened, "He's quite a proud person."

They waited for him to continue.

"She is very beautiful and excellent, so she is naturally proud. She looks cold. Many boys like her and dare not chase after her. I don't know where the courage came from at the time. I always love to pester her. She was very annoying at first. Mine, she was very fierce to me, but in fact she was very kind and cute, but she didn't show it easily, so...that's why I was fascinated. Now that I think about it, I was pretty stupid at that time. "

"Then what happened afterwards?" It was Li Yanzhen who spoke this time.

Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at her, "She left this city not long ago, and there will be no follow-up."

"Ah?" Ren Jingyi sighed regretfully for him, and then broke the casserole and asked, "Then have you met her since then? Do you still like her?"

Gu Yan stopped following Ren Jingyi this time, and deliberately suppressed her in a bossy tone, "Student Ren, do you ask too many questions?"

Ren Jingye covered her mouth knowing she was wrong, and smiled foolishly.Li Yanzhen was thinking about what Gu Yan said just now, and lost her appetite for a moment.

"Isn't it delicious?" Gu Yan asked when she saw that she didn't know how to eat.

Li Yanzhen came back to her senses and squeezed out a smile, "No...it's pretty good."

It took quite a long time for this lunch, and when I went out, the dark clouds in the sky were heavy and heavy, giving people the illusion that it was evening.Yan Zhen and Jing Wei returned home, but Gu Yan wanted to go for a walk alone.

"Sister, why are you so unhappy, do you have something on your mind?" Ren Jingyi asked as she got into the co-pilot and fastened her seat belt.

Li Yanzhen started the engine, she turned the steering wheel and said, "No."

"Still saying no, you must be doing it for Gu Yan, right?" Ren Jingyi explained her thoughts, "Are you thinking about that girl he likes?"

"No." Li Yanzhen concealed it.

Ren Jingyi didn't expose her, "Let me tell you, you don't have a boyfriend, and he doesn't have a girlfriend. It's normal for you to like him. Besides, whoever didn't have someone he liked when he was young? The first love that didn't work out is all about Chen Zhima's rotten millet, so don't worry about it. If you like it, go after it boldly, it's just like you!"

Li Yanzhen listened but smiled and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)